Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided March 26, 2013No. 2011-KA-01457-COAPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. On July 4, 2009, six-year-old Far-*1081rah1 spent the night at her grandmother’s house in Leland, Mississippi. When Far-rah’s mother picked her up the next day, Farrah told her that Dennis Brown had sexually assaulted her and had shown her sexually explicit photographs. Brown is Farrah’s uncle and was living with his mother, Farrah’s grandmother, at the time of the incident. Farrah was examined, and a rape kit was gathered at the Delta Regional Medical Center. The DNA from the rape kit matched Brown. Also, Far-rah was interviewed at the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Floyd v. City of Crystal SpringsMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Moore v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Hobgood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ryan Nicholas O'Donnell v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  2. Trevontae Johnson v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017
  3. Abdulkhaliq Mohammed Murshid a/k/a Andy v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2021

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